The Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol celebrated Mother’s Day very appropriately by finding the first nest on Seabrook Island on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The nest was found between boardwalks 5 and 6 by walkers, Nettie, Neva, Rachel and Marshall Carter, and Valerie and Mark Doane. There were 123 eggs. To protect the nest from being … Continue reading “Seabrook’s First Sea Turtle Nest of 2023”
Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol celebrated the discovery of its first turtle nest of the season on Tuesday, May 10. It was found by volunteers Lynda Zegers, Lori Porwoll, Francie Segal, Pam Silvestrini, and Ruby Jenkins and is located north of Boardwalk 1 about halfway to the bird nesting area. The nest was left in situ. … Continue reading “Seabrook Island’s First Sea Turtle Nest of 2022”
Seabrook Island recorded its first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season on Cinco de Mayo! Better yet, it is the first loggerhead sea turtle nest in the State of South Carolina! Sandy MacCoss located the crawl, probed, and found the nest with 117 eggs between Boardwalks 6 and 7. Lucy Hoover helped Sandy relocate … Continue reading “Turtle Nest #1…in the State!”
The following is a report our Turtle Patrol received from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources: Hope everyone is doing well. We wanted to provide you all with a mid-season summary of turtle activities. As of today, we have 4,867 nests documented on our beaches in South Carolina. Though we have not surpassed our all-time … Continue reading “DNR Mid-Season Update on Turtle Nests”
The Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol will inventory: Nest #41 on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 beginning at 8:00 am. Nest #41 is located 250 yards north of boardwalk 1. Nests #42, #45 and #35 on Thursday, August 11, 2022 beginning at 4:00 pm. Nests #42 and #45 which are located 100 and 150 yards, respectively, north … Continue reading “Turtle Patrol Nest Inventories – August 10, 11”
As you head out to the beach this summer, you will notice some new temporary signs posted by the Town of Seabrook Island. The signs remind residents and visitors that it is sea turtle nesting season and that it is a violation of town ordinance to leave holes in the sand. Please remember, if you … Continue reading “Protect Our Nesting Sea Turtles”
The Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol began patrolling the beaches starting on Monday, May 4th. There were no nests from May 4th through May 10th but on Monday, May 11th Veronica L’Allier called at 6:29 with a crawl just south of Boardwalk 6 on Zone 2. Bill and Linda Nelson responded and found the eggs. Th … Continue reading “Turtle Patrol Begins. 1st Nest on May 11th!”
There will be inventories on Nests 8, 3 and 6 on Tuesday at 4:00 pm starting at Nest 8 which is located 40 yards south of boardwalk 4, then Nest 3, located between boardwalks 2 and 3. They will finish up with Nest 6 about 100 yards north of boardwalk 1. -Submitted by Gary Fansler … Continue reading “Turtle Patrol – Inventories Scheduled for Nests 8, 3 & 6”
There will be an inventory of Nest 2 on Monday, July 15 at 4:15pm. The nest is located 100 yards north of Boardwalk 3. -Submitted by Gary Fansler
We will inventory nest 25 on Sunday, September 2, 2018, at 6:30 pm. It is located 100 yards north of boardwalk 1 and was found by Eileen Middleton and Kim and Jasper Neath on July 9th. -Submitted by Gary Fansler
Inventory Scheduled for 5 pm, August 30 We will be inventorying nest 24 at 5 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2018. The nest was found by Veronica L’Allier on July 9th and is located 300 yards north of boardwalk 7. -Submitted by Gary Fansler
We will inventory Nest 12 on Tuesday, August 7th at 8:30am. It is located in front of the fourth house north of the Pelicans Nest, between boardwalks 6 & 7. This nest was found by Karen Sewell and Sarah, Betsy & Chris Quinn. -Submitted by Gary Fansler